“Uh,” she said. “Well… it was a shock. I mean – what happened over there with those guys?”
“Yeah,” he said, sitting down with a sigh. “The Highwaymen are having some… growing pains at the moment.”
“Growing pains?”
“Yep. That guy with the red hair is Gunner and Nell’s son, Fox.”
Jo looked over at the man again, then looked at Nell. Yeah, OK, there was a strong similarity especially around the chin and eyes: the guy had the same steady, hard blue-steel gaze.
“So… he got his red hair from his father?” she said.
“Hell, yeah.” Zeke laughed. “The hair and fiery temper too. And his brains and cunning from his Mom, all of which is why he’s called Fox.”
“Huh. Logical.”
“Road names always have some truth in ‘em,” Zeke told her. “They’re like inside jokes, or they’re about something physical
